A window into the Yu Gardens in Shanghai, China
Some fragrant plum blossoms in the ancient Yu Gardens of Shanghai.
Verging on the over-exposed, this photo nonetheless shows the magic of Yu Yuan gardens in Shanghai. While there, I attempted (then soon later rejected) chicken feet, but I did quite enjoy the lovely dumplings, the Xiaolongbao, even if they were made from the ‘insides of a crad! Highly recommended.
夏雨 Summer rain /
The model’s name is “YU” which means Jade in China, thus the title “YU” can do it!
Definitely worth a visit whenever you are in this incredible Chinese city. the Yu Gardens are an age-old oasis of tranquility.
►Hidden symbols/messages in the image. Look closely and turn up your volume! / If you get the message comment and tell me what do you think the alternate title can be.. / I was just kidding about the volume part! :) ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ Can you imagine someone being true / Turn `round and put himself in front of you / Sometimes it’s fun but then you never know / How far a thing like this might go All my life I’ve waited for a chance / To get right out of here / And when I had it in my hands / I could not let it go We’ve got the power, we are divine / We have the guts to follow the sign / Extracting tension from sources unknown / We are the ones to cover the throne Try if you can to come where we have gone / You may achieve what can’t be simply done / Look back and there you are where we have been / And still there’s so much inbetween All those years I’ve travelled `round this world / Now I am standing here / To make you sing these tunes / And know they’ll never let you go We’ve got the power, we are divine / We have the guts to follow the sign / Extracting tension from sources unknown / We are the ones to cover the throne We’ve got the power, we are divine / We have the guts to follow the sign / Extracting tension from sources unknown / We are the ones to cover the throne We’ve got the power, we are divine ♫ Music: Helloween / ♫ Song: Power ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ / was featured in Digital Artists United was featured in Fantasy Art was featured in Altered by Design was featured in Core [C.O.R.E] was featured in Photo Manipulators Finished in the Top Ten in the Scary Trees Finished in the Top Ten in the ALT avatar contest #21 Finished in the Top Ten in the Trees Please Finished in the Top Ten in the Surrealism Challenge
►This is a collaboration image by the following people: Manipulation by: Kenny Yu / Photographer: Shelly Hiebert / Model: Abigail Hiebert ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ So let it rain / Or let the sun shine down on me / I feel no pain / Now that your here it’s all the same You are the one / I should have known / I’m blown away / Like a boat out on the ocean Time rages on / And all I do is watch the way / Because of you / Nothing will ever be the same You are the one / I should have known / I’m blown away / Like a boat out on the ocean Blown away / Like a storm in the night Blown away You are the one / I should have known / Blown away / Like a boat out on the ocean Blow away / Like a storm in the night / I’m blown away ♫ Music: Jeff Lynne / ♫ Song: Blown Away / ♫ Album: Armchair Theatre ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ / ►Before and after view was featured in Visual Collaborations was featured in Digital Artists United was featured in Dimensions was featured in Enchanting Powerful Photo Manipulation Finished in the Top Ten in the Visual Collaborations Avatar challenge was featured in Inspired Art
►While working on this manipulation I was inspired by dreams of a place where your fantasy come alive. My faries glow because they are magical creatures :) Manipulation by: NetMonk / Model: Heidi ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♫ Music: Deep Forest / ♫ Song: Sweet Lullaby ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ was featured in Black With a Hint of Colour was featured in First Things Finished in the Top Ten in the Fairy Tale Challenge was featured in Models with a difference was featured in think was featured in M.I.A was featured in Color Me a Rainbow Finished in the Top Ten in the Colorful Fractals Allot of people like to see the before photos of my manipulation process so I’ve provided one here: ►See BEFORE photo
Manipulation by NetMonk / Model: Sara Gath ►Here is the Before photo ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ You would not believe your eyes / If ten million fireflies / Lit up the world as I fell asleep / ‘Cause they fill the open air, / And leave teardrops everywhere / You’d think me rude, but I would just stand and… stare I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems ‘Cause I get a thousand hugs / From ten thousand lightning bugs / As they try to teach me how to dance / A foxtrot above my head, / A sock hop beneath my bed, / A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) Leave my door open just a crack / (Please take me away from here) / ‘Cause I feel like such an insomniac / (Please take me away from here) / Why do I tire of counting sheep? / (Please take me away from here) / When I’m far too tired to fall asleep To ten million fireflies / I’m weird ‘cause I hate good-byes / I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell) / But I’ll know where several are / If my dreams get real bizarre / ‘Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (jar, jar, jar) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / Because my dreams are bursting at the seams ♫ Music: Owl City / ♫ Song: Fireflies ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
Manipulation by NetMonk / Model is Sara Gath ►Here is the before picture ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♫ Music: RPM / ♫ Song: Pop it ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
Manipulation NetMonk / Model: Brooke ►Here is the before pic ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ You would not believe your eyes / If ten million fireflies / Lit up the world as I fell asleep / ‘Cause they fill the open air, / And leave teardrops everywhere / You’d think me rude, but I would just stand and… stare I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems ‘Cause I get a thousand hugs / From ten thousand lightning bugs / As they try to teach me how to dance / A foxtrot above my head, / A sock hop beneath my bed, / A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) Leave my door open just a crack / (Please take me away from here) / ‘Cause I feel like such an insomniac / (Please take me away from here) / Why do I tire of counting sheep? / (Please take me away from here) / When I’m far too tired to fall asleep To ten million fireflies / I’m weird ‘cause I hate good-byes / I got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell) / But I’ll know where several are / If my dreams get real bizarre / ‘Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (jar, jar, jar) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / ‘Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep) I’d like to make myself believe / That planet Earth turns slowly / It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep / Because my dreams are bursting at the seams ♫ Music: Owl City / ♫ Song: Fireflies ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ was featured in: Dimensions was featured in: Digital Artists United was featured in: Core [C.O.R.E]
This manipulation was inspired by watching many horror movies, such as the movie “The Ring”, It was a fun little project, it’s not quite as eerie but more so comedic image.. I think anyhow…. I must warn you that the music is a little eerie though… especially if you’ve seen the movie “The Ring” before.. :) Manipulation: NetMonk / Model: Nicole ►See Before photo ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ It took me awhile before I picked this video without it being too disturbing and also without it being a movie spoiler for those whom did not see that movie yet. ♫ Music: From the movie “The Ring” / ♫ Song: Samara Morgan song ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ Finished in the Top Ten in Halloween! Finished in the Top Ten in Guilty pleasures
This went through 3 versions before I was settled with this final piece that you see here. So I hope you like it! :) ►This is a collaboration image by the following people: Manipulation by: Kenny Yu / Photographer: Shelly Hiebert / Model: Abigail Hiebert / Background by: Jascha Hoste (stock.xchng) / Pills & Keys by: Aleksandra P. (stock.xchng) ► Special thanks to Shelly for the photography challenge and the willingness to work with me! ►Before photograph / ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ It’s my fault / As of now / If you needed me so / Why could you not look me in the eye This could be the big time / Or be the biggest demonstration / Of what not to do [Chorus] / I’m strung up, I’m not levitatin’ / I wanted to say (wanted to say) / Oh maybe you’re right / Once again / I lost when I hesitated / For the life of me Oh-oh oh oh / Oh-oh oh oh / Oh-oh oh oh oh If it’s my salt / In your eyes / You can crucify me / If you think you can find the time It’s not about frustration / It’s about what we’ve got here and now / I’m not holdin’ you up am I I thought we were levitatin’ / I wanted to say (wanted to say) / Oh maybe you’re right / Once again / I lost when I hesitated / For the life of me’ (Ah’) / I don’t mind waitin’ / Oh I, I don’t mind / I don’t mind waitin’ / Waitin’ [Instrumental] I’m not levitatin’ / I wanted to say / Oh maybe you’re right / Once again / I lost when I hesitated / For the life of me’ ‘Cause I just wanted / I just wanna say / Baby I believe / Believe you were right ♫ Music: Opshop / ♫ Song: Levitate ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ / was featured in Live and Let Live
This is an old work of mine… This was done with photoshop 7 several versions back! Model: Ms. Kreant ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ She’s reached the top / And she won’t stop / Yes, she made it / Finally made it / The world’s her stage / It’s what she wants / Number one / Rock and roll heaven She ain’t got no questions / So scared of the answers Awake at night when the emptiness comes / What ever happened to the child she was, it’s dead and gone / Her lonely tears are falling in the rain / Her lonely tears, and they won’t see her pain / Her tears are falling in the dead of night / She just wants to get out of this so-called life / Her lonely tears are falling in the rain / Her lonely tears will be lost again / Her tears are falling cause she’s living the life / There’s a side of the story she’s supposed to hide She’s all the rage / In a golden cage / Keep on smiling / Just keep on smiling / The show goes on The perfect fall / She’s owned by all / What happened to heaven? No one knows how she feels trapped inside this dream / Awake at night when the emptiness comes / What ever happened to the child she was, it’s dead and gone Her lonely tears are falling in the rain / Her lonely tears, and they won’t see her pain / Her tears are falling in the dead of night / She just wants to get out of this so-called life / Her lonely tears are falling in the rain / Her lonely tears will be lost again / Her tears are falling cause she’s living the life / There’s a side of the story she’s supposed to hide Her lonely tears are falling in the rain / Her lonely tears, and they won’t see her pain / Her tears are falling in the dead of night / She just wants to get out of this so-called life / Her lonely tears are falling in the rain / Her lonely tears will be lost again / Her tears are falling cause she’s living the life / There’s a side of the story she’s supposed to hide All the rage / In a golden cage / Keep on smiling / Just keep on smiling ♫ Music: LaFee / ♫ Song: Lonely Tears ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ / finished top 10 in Halloween! Challenge finished top 10 in Theme : Halloween. Challenge finished top 10 in Pump It Up!.
►Created with PhotoshopCS2 ►This is a digital image of seriography (Silkscreen) print. It was done digitally before I silkscreen it on paper. I think this looks much better on paper. I just thought I would share this with you since it’s officially Fall now! ►Credit Model: Nicole ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ The falling leaves drift by my window / The falling leaves of red and gold / I see your lips, the summer kisses / The sunburned hands I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long / And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song / But I miss you most of all, my darling / When autumn leaves start to fall Since you went away the days grow long / And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song / But I miss you most of all, my darling / When autumn leaves start to fall I miss you most of all, my darling / When autumn leaves start to fall ♫ Music: Eva Cassidy / ♫ Song: Autumn Leaves ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ /
►I took this challenge to free my cluttered mind and was successfully occupied for 4 hours! So Thank you Visual Collaborations for the Work Your Magic group Challenge and Shelly Hiebert for the photography. ►138+ views as of (12/4/09) ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ I was captured the moment we met / Carried away with every word you said / It’s a mystery how you got to me / I fell in the spell of your charms / With your siren’s smile you caught me off guard Just one glance took away my breath / Then you drew me in with your tenderness / You captivate my soul, I’m enraptured / You knocked me out and you locked me up / Stole my heart like a thief at love / Keep me here in your happy ever after / I’m captured By the way just in case you care / I’m here to stay, I’m not going anywhere / I took a dive in your deep dark eyes / And I’m never coming up for air / I lost myself in this bond that we share One sweet kiss took away my breath / Then you drew me in with your tenderness / You captivate my soul, I’m enraptured / You knocked me out and you locked me up / Stole my heart like a thief at love / Hold me tight in your happy ever after Now you’ve got the best of me / No one else could hold the key / I’m captured Just one touch took away my breath / When you drew me in I could not resist / You captivate my soul, I’m enraptured / You knocked me out and you locked me up / Stole my heart like a thief at love / Keep me here in your happy ever after / I’m captured ♫ Music: Christian Bautista featuring Sitti Rachelle Ann / ♫ Song: Captured ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ / was featured in Visual Collaborations finished top 10 in Work Your Magic
Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China. The garden was originally completed in 1577 and restored and rebuilt several times over the years. There is chaos outside the garden walls, but as soon as you step inside you feel as if you have entered another world.
She kept her students in line.
Decided it’s time for a more recent self-portrait of myself. I also decided that it should be somewhat high key and black/white. Downloaded directly from the camera with little adjustments in RAW format such as contrast, lighting, clarity, and desaturated. Canon EOS 40D Needless to say: Model: Myself / Photographer: Me / MUA: none ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♫ Music: Enigma / ♫ Song: Eyes of Truth ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ was featured in The Eyes Have It finished top ten in The Five Senses
Decided it’s time for a more recent self-portrait of myself. I also decided that it should be somewhat high key and black/white. Downloaded directly from the camera with little adjustments in RAW format such as contrast, lighting, clarity, and desaturated. Canon EOS 40D Needless to say: Model: Myself / Photographer: Me / MUA: none ►141+ views as of (12/4/09) ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♫ Music: Enigma / ♫ Song: Return to Innocence ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ was featured in Studio Lighting was featured in Model Beginnings finished top 10 in Framed Faces
►For this shoot I used Canon xti. This was done with studio lighting and enhanced in photoshop cs4. It was desaturated then overlay it with a light brown or tan tone. No cropping was done in this photo. Model: J Nicole / Photographer: Kenny Yu ►126+ views as of (12/4/09) ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♫ Song: Lurid Enchantment (AMV) ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ was featured in First Things finished top ten in Women in Mono was featured in Color Me a Rainbow
Little cutie pie, I had to use as my model when I met her at a party :) Photographer: Kenny Yu (NetMonk) / Model: Hayley No post editing beside desaturated.
Canon EOS 40D This is cute Hayley enjoying pizza for lunch :) She is such a ham!!! Photographer: Kenny Yu (NetMonk) / Model: Hayley No post editing beside desaturated.
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